The success of Black female artists in this era was a watershed moment ... including R&B, jazz, soul, and country. Born in 1935 in Galveston, Texas, she began performing as a child and gained ...

Americana and even disco into her music. Spencer and Adell, in particular, have worked to use their platforms to provide representation for young Black women in country. They both actively speak ...

Jelly Roll is an unconventional artist who found success in country music. Beyoncé and other Black artists deserve the same ...

Explore the top female country singers of the 2000s! Dive into hits from icons who shaped a decade of unforgettable country ...

Adell is a rising country music star. And ever since Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" and "16 Carriages" on Super Bowl Sunday and announced her forthcoming country album, the spotlight has been on ...

represent the three pillars of country music, working together to construct and maintain a genre that has a very specific sound, a very specific look and a very specific fanbase. Outliers (who are ...

(They will not mention any commercially successful Black women in country music because, excluding Beyoncé, there haven’t been any.) And they will remind me that country music is supposed to be ...

Breaking barriers and redefining the genre, these Black country artists are bringing fresh voices and stories to the heart of country music. Country is a broad musical category that includes ...

Outliers (who are always Black men) aside ... Yet she assuaged the nagging in her gut by telling herself that women in country music weren’t achieving the same level of success as the men ...